Metallic wheel



(No Model.)

G. HANNES. METALLIC WHEEL.

Patented Aug. 5, 1890.

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UNITED STATES GEORGE HANNES, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 433,621, dated August 5, 1890).

Application filed April 7, 1890. Serial No. 346,991. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE HANNES, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Oincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metallic Wheels; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, reference being had to the annexed drawings, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to those wheels which have return-spokes composed of wires or light rods Whose bends engage with metallic hubs; and my improvement comprises a novel combination of grooved and pitted hubplate, a cap having an annular inclined bearing for the spoke-bends to abut against, .and a sleeve Whose end is upset against the outer face of said cap, thereby binding these members of the wheel securely together, and causing said inclined bearing to exercise a wedging action against said spokeebends, as hereinafter more fully described.

In the annexed drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of the grooved and pitted hub plate or disk. Fig. 2 is an elevation both of the rear and front of the cap having the annular bearing. Fig. 3 is an elevation of the center of the complete wheel, part of the cap of the same being broken away and a portion of the annular bearing and sleeve being sectioned. Fig. 4 is a vertical section through the center of the Wheel, which section is taken at the axis of the sleeve.

The principal member of the hub is a metallic plate or disk A, having on its outer face an annular recess B and a practically circular pit C, said disk being bored centrally, as at D, to admit the sleeve E.

F represents a series of grooves in the face of the hub-disk, which grooves slope back and inwardly and are connected by passages These latter grooves also slope back and inwardly, and finally emerge at the periphery of the disk A, by which arrangement the grooves can be readily cast in the disk, thereby avoiding any tedious and expensive drilling operations.

Furthermore, these two-part grooves F F are in line with each other, so as to cause the returnspokes G to extend directly from the hub to the tire without being bent in any manner, except where the portions g of said spokes are located. These portions or bends are so curved as to be concentric with the flange or annular bearing H on the rear of a disk-shaped cap I, adapted to fit snugly Within the recess B of the hub-disk, said flange H being so tapered as to act as a wedge against said bends and thereby force the spokes tightly into the grooves F F, as seen in Fig. 4. Cap I has a central circular orifice J ,to admit the sleeve E, which orifice is reamed out, as seen at K in Figs. 2 and 4, to enable the end 6 of said sleeve to be upset against said cap, said sleeve beingprovided with a collar 6, that bears against the inner face of the hub-disk, of which latter a pair is employed for each wheel.

In constructing this wheel the return-spokes G are first made so as to have the necessary outward divergence or spread, as seen in Fig. 3, the bends g of said spokes being curved concentric with the center of the hub, so as to fit snugly around the annular flange or bearing II when the spokes are properly fitted within the hub. This act is readily accomplished by passing the spokes through the grooves F F from the pit O outwardly, and then inserting the cap I within the annular recess B, thereby causing the flange H of said cap towedge against the bends g of all the spokes. The opposite ends of sleeve E are then passed through the coincident openings D J of the disks and caps and upset, as seen at e e in Fig. 4-, thus clamping the caps to the disks and causing the latter to bear immovably against the collars e c. The outer ends of the spokes are then cutoff, so as to be of uniform lengths, and are secured to an ordinary tire in the usual manner.

From the above description it is apparent this construction affords a light but very strong and durabhe wheel, which is especially adapted for velocipedes and other similar vehicles, although not limited to such use.

I claim as my invention The combination, in a metallic wheel, of

the hub-disk A, having a pit C, central oriagainst said cap and secures the latter to the fice D, and a series of grooves F F extendhub-disk, all as herein described. 10 ing from said pit to the periphery of said In testimonywhereoflaffix mysignature, in hub, a series of spokes G,inserted within said presence of two witnesses.

grooves, a cap I, fitted Within said pit and GEORGE HANNES. having an annular inclined flange H, which Witnesses: flange Wedges against the bends g of said JAMES H. LAYMAN,

spokes, and a sleeve E, whose end is .upset FRANCIS M. BIDDLE. 

